QA engineer

Sean Channel

https://www.linkedin.com/in/seanchannel/

650-***-**** ****.*******@******.*** Menlo Park, California Summary

Experienced quality assurance engineer with technical insight for software, sensors, and hardware development. Cross-team player supporting engineers & project stakeholders.

• Software process, CI/CD tools, release management

• Test planning for performance, regression, compliance

• UI & wireless automation for mobile, network, embedded

• Hardware-in-the-loop debugging and diagnostic instrumentation

· C · C++ · Java · Python · Gnu / Linux · POSIX · Bash / shell · Open Source · Experience

WATERGURU - PRINCIPAL QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER — 2018 - PRESENT

• Pool conditions diagnostic sensors

A small cross-discipline team building a sensor platform with chemistry analysis and advice intelligence for managing water body conditions and trends

ESP32 firmware regression test automation & OTA release management

iOS, Apple Watch, Android apps UI and Bluetooth test automation

Cloud telemetry, data processing, E-commerce, Alexa certification

Electromechanical reliability, manufacturing & RMA process support Embedded C · Python · Bash / scripting · GitHub · Jenkins · Jira ·· AWS CLI · Appium · Xcode · Android Studio · TestLodge · Linux

LIQUID ROBOTICS - SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM LEAD — 2015 - 2017

• Electric marine unmanned surface vehicles

A team of ~100 designing solar powered autonomous vehicles for long duration strategic and oceanographic missions world wide and in marine sanctuaries

Firmware regression and autonomous GPS navigation testing

Sensors payload integrations, communications and data telemetry

CI/CD development, SDLC / PLM, OTA release management

Electromechanical reliability testing, manufacturing process instructions Java · C · C++ · Git · Gerrit Code Review · Jira · Jenkins · Selenium · Bash / scripting · TestLink · Arena PLM · CAN bus · UI Automation · Software Project Management · Embedded Systems INTERNET SYSTEMS CONSORTIUM - SENIOR QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER - 2013 - 2014

• Core Internet infrastructure

Working with a global world-class team of engineers and Internet governance ambassadors, and leading a team of 6 developing open source routing software

BIND DNS & ISC DHCP performance and security testing

Routing software suite test virtualization & automation

Vulnerability assessments & security incidents response Jenkins · Puppet · VirtualBox · VMware · Ixia · CVSS · BSD Unix · Linux · MacOS · Windows · Shell scripting · Traffic Simulation · Performance Tuning · Open Source SALTSTACK - CORE TEAM — 2011 - 2012

• IT infrastructure automation software

Working with a distributed team of developers and a large user community on Python based cross-platform orchestration for large scale data center production engineering

Cloud orchestration and Linux configuration management testing

Release management, software packaging & repository management

Code reviews & technical support for developers and community Salt · Python · YAML · GitHub · Travis-CI · AWS EC2 · Debian · Ubuntu · Linux Administration · Cloud Computing · Remote Infrastructure Management · Distributed Systems · Open Source SUN MICROSYSTEMS - QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM LEAD - 2000 - 2004

• Network edge servers

Leading 10 QA engineers testing server systems for ISP and data centers

LAMP web application software bundles testing

System memory, cpu, storage, network performance

Remote management testing, test environment automation Red Hat Linux · Performance Tuning · RAID · NFS · NIS · PXE / KickStart · RPM Software Packaging · Scripting · Apache · Tomcat · ASP · MySQL · Oracle · PHP · Streaming COBALT NETWORKS - SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE TEAM LEAD - 1997 - 2000

• Network appliance servers

Leading 7 QA engineers testing server appliances for ISP and business networking

Virtual hosting appliance, provisioning and LAMP+ services

Network attached storage appliance, RAID, NFS, AFP, SMB, FTP

Network appliance, email, file sharing, VPN, routing, web services Red Hat Linux · Network-Attached Storage (NAS) · PXE / KickStart · RPM Software Packaging · Selenium · Scripting · Apache · MySQL · Tomcat · ASP · PHP · Perl · UI Automation HAL COMPUTER SYSTEMS - MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF III - 1994 - 1997

• High performance workstations

Working with a large team of distinguished engineers building post-silicon high performance systems

Solaris OS performance and full compliance testing, build and release

Lab support for software, bring-up, EMI, thermal, shock & vibration

System hardware performance, HPC cluster solutions automation Scripting · Distributed Systems · RAID · Release Management · Reliability Testing · Network File System (NFS) · Solaris · Software Packaging · Cfengine · Networking · Lab Facilities ONE CALL CONCEPTS - DATABASE ADMINISTRATOR - 1990 - 1994

• Public utilities mapping

Regional operator services call centers for underground utilities safety

GIS database administrator, map capture, SQL / ETL migration

systems administration, and technical facilities management Scripting · Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) · Geographic Information Systems (GIS) · SQL · Networking · Unix Administration · Technical Facilities management

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